Leather mat



July 20 1926.

A. NAPOLITANO LEATHER MAT Filed Feb. 6, 1924 I N VEN 7 "0R.

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Patented July 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES- 1,593,346 PATENT OFFICE.

amsrrnn rmronrrano, or SAN r'nancrsco, camronm, assrenon 'ro LEATHER HATMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAN FBAN C1800, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORA:

'IION OF CALIFORNIA.

LEATHER MAT.

Application filed February a, 1924. Serial No. 691,020.

My invention has for its object improvements in the construction ofleather mats whereby I attain greater efliciency both in constructionand operation.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a mat of the characterdescribed whereby the edges of the mat are provided with a reinforcedsloping "surface to prevent the shoes of pedestrians from stumbling overthe mat. Other objects are reinforcements to securel hold the leatherlink portions in proper ahgnment. Another object is means for fastenin amat of the character described to the 001'. A further 15 object is theproviding of elongated links about boundary portions or edges of the matto avoid the s1de openin s within which dust andv debris has hereto orecollected in mats of this class.

Other objects will appear from the drawin? and specifications whichfollow.

ig. 1' is a sectional view of a portion of a leather mat to which myinvention has been applied, and is taken on the line II 25 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a mat to which my invention has been applied.

Fi 3 is a side view of the mat of Fig. 2, showlng the elongated links onone edge.

Fig. 4 is a cross section of the pintle fastening means of Fig. 2 on theline 44 thereof.

Fig. 5 is a cross section through one of the sloping ends of Fig. '2 onthe line 5-5 35 thereo Throu bout the figures similar numerals refer toidentical parts.

The. numeral 1 indicates the standard form of link of a lurality ofwhich the ater portion of .t e mat is constructed. ach of these links isbuilt up of a number of similar pieces of leather turned on edge andbound to ether by pintle or cross bars as 2, 4, 14. e other ends ofadjacent links are turned right and left and interlaced with othersimilar links and pintle bars as shown. The cross bar 2 is bent over onone end as shown at 3 and back parallel with 2. at 4 forming a U shapedmember whereby the links threaded thereon and as above described arefirmly relation.

End plates, as 5, 6, reinforce ,the terminal links, and the bars 2 and 4are then bent held in respective hinge for the outer thickness ofleather.

over at their ends as shown at 7, 8 and held in fixed relation bypressing therearound a thimble or retainer, 9.

At suitable locations within the built up mat, I introduce metallicangle plates, two

.of which are shown at 9 and 10 and through.

The edges of the mat, in the direction of pedestrian travel, I form withspecial long and short sloping links 15, 16, respectivel whereby theshoe of a pedestrian trea s upon the sloping surface without stumbling.These long and short slo ing links are alternately spaced and the onglinks are hinged with the standard links as 1. The long links 15 beingplaced at each end of the sloping edge an t e U bar 14, 17, 18 beingpassed through the two ends of the links and fastened on the end by thethimble 19 in the same'manner as the U bar 2, 3, 4. This leaves theshorter end links 16-16 pivoted to the bar 18 on one end, and throughtheir other ends I pass the idler bar 20 preferably terminating justwithin the end plates 21, 22 of the outer long links 15.

These terminal plates 21, 22, I refer to make of metal substituting ameta lic plate It will now be seen that the bar 20 in combination withthe bar 18 maintains at all times the proper alignment of all of theedge links 15, 16, thus 'ving a smooth and ri d slopin surface or theentire width of the mat, in ed to the body of the mat by the bar andormi in effect an inte al hinged apron. It will e noted that between thelinks 1--1 that are in alignment, there is left an open space, and iflinks of the same length be employed on the edges of the mat asheretofore, there would be corresponding spaces between them in whichdirt and debris would collect and be difiicult to remove by the ordinaryfloor brushes. These end links I therefore makelonger as shown at 23-23so that their ends practicall' roll together when the mat is rolled,

wit out any material space therebetween.

In this way the edge of the mat has a co'n-' tinuous appearance and 'isreadily cleaned by running a brush along the edge in a linear direction.These end links 2323 are pivoted on the pintle cross bars as 2-4 and onthe same centers as the links 1-1.

I claiin:

1. In an articulated leather link mat comprising longitudinall s aoedrows of links connected transverse y y pintle bars, fastening lugscarried by the bars and having each a portion lying within the spacesbetween the ends of the links for securing the mat to the floor.

2. In an articulated leather link mat comprising longitudinall 3 seedrows of links connected transverse y y gintle bars, fastening lugspivoted on the are having each a plate gortlon lying within the spacesbetween t 0 ends of the links substantially flush with the lower side ofthe mat for sew curing the mat to the floor.

ARISTIDE NAPOLITANO.

